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10:55 AM ET, May 14, 2019

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New York Times:
White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War  —  WASHINGTON — At a meeting of President Trump's top national security aides last Thursday, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that envisions sending as many as 120,000 troops …
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New York Times:
It's Time for Saudi Arabia's and Iran's Leaders to Talk  —  Two foreign policy experts, from each side of the Islamic Middle East's most prominent rivalry, say common ground can be found.  —  Mr. Mousavian was a spokesman for the Iranian nuclear negotiation team between 2003 and 2005.
Los Angeles Times:
It's John Bolton's world.  Trump is just living in it  —  John Bolton, President Trump's national security advisor, is leading the United States in a dangerous direction.  —  In February, it was Bolton who reportedly pressed Trump to take an uncompromising line on denuclearization …
USA Today:
Trump is edging toward a disastrous war with Iran. Stop the brinksmanship: Murphy & Himes
Discussion: Bloomberg
New York Times:
Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr has assigned the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter …
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
AP source: Prosecutor to examine Russia probe origins  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why was FBI so wrong in Trump-Russia wiretap warrant?
Washington Post:
Before Trump's purge at DHS, top officials challenged plan for mass family arrests  —  In the weeks before they were ousted last month, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello challenged a secret White House plan to arrest thousands …
Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
Trump Tower Is Now One of NYC's Least-Desirable Luxury Buildings  — Most condo owners who sold since 2016 have recorded a loss  — ‘No one wants in that building,’ says one former owner  —  Trump Tower, once the crown jewel in Donald Trump's property empire, now ranks …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Republicans surrender to Trump's China tariffs  —  The GOP is starting to give up on thwarting President Donald Trump's trade agenda.  —  Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president's latest tariff increase on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump's most reliable voters.
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Breitbart
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Don't Go Searching for Strategy in Trump's Tariffs  —  His nascent trade war with China is a reminder that some things for the president are always personal.  —  As China and the U.S. dig in for what may become a protracted and possibly very painful trade war, a lot of time is being wasted trying …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Washington Press
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Democrats should be shouting Trump's trade failures from the rooftops
Discussion: The Atlantic and Daily Kos
Steve Bullock / YouTube:
Fair Shot  —  About a hundred years ago, this was “the richest hill on earth.”  —  The men who owned it were called kings.  —  With their money, they bought politicians; attacked unions, exploited workers, and left us all with a toxic reminder of what happens when our democracy is put up for sale.
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Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock enters the 2020 race as Democrat from a Trump state
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and Politico
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Rosenstein unloads on Comey, says he broke ‘bright lines that should never be crossed’  —  Rod Rosenstein unloaded on former FBI Director James Comey in remarks to the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) on Monday evening, slamming Comey's turn as a “partisan pundit,” reiterating that he deserved to be fired …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Rosenstein slams Comey for becoming a ‘partisan pundit’
Discussion: Fox News
David Shortell / CNN:   Rosenstein calls Comey a ‘partisan pundit’ in revealing speech
Washington Post:
White House explores new farmer bailout plan as U.S.-China trade war heats up  —  White House officials are scrambling to come up with a new bailout plan to placate furious farmers after President Trump's initial idea of donating unused crops to poor countries came under scrutiny, people briefed on the planning said.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's long trade war
Discussion: Political Wire and Financial Times
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Trump has no idea what he's doing
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed News:
YouTube's Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl  —  “Soph” has nearly a million followers on the giant video platform.  Its executives only have themselves to blame.  —  What does a 14-year-old girl dressed in a chador have to say on YouTube to amass more than 800,000 followers?
Discussion: Big League Politics
New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr.'s No-Shows Led to Subpoena, Republican Senator Says  —  WASHINGTON — Allies of Donald Trump Jr. may have stirred up a firestorm among Republicans over a subpoena to recall the president's eldest son to the Senate Intelligence Committee, but the panel's Republican chairman …
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Jim Sciutto / The Atlantic:
Russia Has Americans' Weaknesses All Figured Out  —  What are Americans supposed to think when their leaders contradict one another on the most basic question of national security—who is the enemy?  This is happening every day on the floors of the House and the Senate, in committee hearing rooms …
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:   China is using the Washington swamp against us
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
Democrats Need to Place China at the Center of Their Foreign Policy
Discussion: The Federalist
Mehul Srivastava / Financial Times:
WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones  —  A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a spyware technology dealer said.  —  WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide …
David Siders / Politico:
‘When Biden announced, everything changed’  —  First came the Cory Booker relaunch.  Then a pivot from Kamala Harris.  Now, Beto O'Rourke is hosting high-dollar fundraisers and courting national TV.  —  It's reset season in the presidential primary campaign.
Discussion: Axios and Fox News
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John DiStaso / WMUR:
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
NRA Legal Bills Raise ‘All Sorts of Red Flags’  —  Ollie North claims the NRA faces unfathomably high legal expenses.  Experts say his concerns are serious.  ‘The IRS would definitely be interested in it,’ one tells The Daily Beast.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  “One hundred thousand dollars a day?
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
The Navy's probe into sky penis  —  It prompted viral guffaws from some and online outrage from others.  —  There are shot glasses commemorating the event and it birthed memes ahead of the annual Army-Navy game.  —  But the inside story of how an EA-18G Growler jet crew drew a penis across …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
The Damage That Harvard Has Done  —  Defense attorneys often arouse what John Adams called a “clamor of popular suspicions and prejudices” when representing reviled clients.  Just last week, the attorney Christopher Darden stopped representing a California man charged with killing …
Discussion: Townhall, The Ringer and Quillette
Andrew Perez / The Intercept:
Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly's Rural Voter Project Tied To “Medicare For All” Opponents  —  A dark money organization designed to help Democrats win rural votes in 2020 is getting support from anti-Medicare for All forces — and pushing their message with a pair of former Democratic senators.
Discussion: Splinter
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge set to rule on Trump's subpoena challenge  —  President Donald Trump's strategy of outright resistance to House subpoenas will face its first test in federal court on Tuesday, setting up a ruling that could boost Democrats' efforts to investigate the president's business dealings.
The Guardian:
Steve Bannon sought alliance with FBI in 2017 White House meeting  —  Bannon, then Trump's closest adviser, told FBI officials to put their past differences with the White House ‘behind them’  —  Steve Bannon urged two senior FBI officials to put their differences with the White House …
Sidney Blumenthal / Just Security:
An Open Memo: Comparison of Clinton Impeachment, Nixon Impeachment and Trump Pre-Impeachment  —  [Editor's note: Just Security will publish a series in conversation with Blumenthal's Open Memo including from John Dean, Ryan Goodman, Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman, Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer (co-authored), and Walter Pincus.]
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Behind The Scenes, Trump Diligently Tries To Slash Social Programs  —  In the shadows of his constitutional crisis, the president is still doing a lot of regular Republican stuff — without help from Congress.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump's administration is doing some wild …
John McLaughlin / OZY:
Why Trump's Iran Strategy Puts America on the Road to Nowhere Good  —  Trump has given up allied leverage over Iran, setting America on a collision course with chaos in the region.  —  THE DAILY DOSE  —  I am struggling to understand the Trump administration's policy toward Iran and hoping …
San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco's disturbing press crackdown  —  Bryan Carmody says several San Francisco police officers tried to break into his Outer Richmond home with a sledgehammer, detained him in handcuffs for hours, and seized computers, notes and more from his residence and office.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Tells Rachel Maddow: ‘I Recognize That I Can Do a Better Job’  —  WASHINGTON — Former Representative Beto O'Rourke said Monday he “can do a better job” of communicating his 2020 campaign message, acknowledging that he must take steps to revive his once-promising presidential bid …
 
 
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Says Drones Hit Oil Pipeline, After Reports of Tanker Attacks
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Congress wants to force Trump's hand on subpoenas. It won't be easy.
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Why did right-wing troll Charles C. Johnson want to meet with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross?
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens says he hopes Trump 'won't do too much damage' to the courts
Discussion: Political Wire
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Viktor Orban Is the Authoritarian Creep Trump Wishes He Could Be
Washington Examiner:
The Green New Deal is about power, not the planet
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Ian Geoghegan / Politico:
Senior Tories warn Theresa May against Brexit deal with Labour
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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu / Politico:
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
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Discussion: Vox and IJR
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris's claim that Medicare-for-all 'doesn't get rid of all insurance'
Discussion: RealClearPolitics and RedState
ICE:
Nearly 100 people indicted, 50 currently in custody in massive Houston-based marriage fraud conspiracy
Carliss Chatman / CNN:
What's behind the absurd gamble on women's rights and health
Discussion: Washington Post